The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-10
NUMBER 33.
WARS OF The FUTURE.
Important Views Expressed by General
Sheridan AT Philadelphia.

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No simpler. stronger or more sensi-
BILE address was delivered at the CEN
tennial celebration in Philadelphia
than the brief speech made by Lieu
tenant-G General Sheridan. in reply TO a
toast 10 the army. Considering tho
aource and also the subject, it was
very striking, and possessed a degree
of importance not shared by some o
more sonorous and pretentions eloeu-
ton.
Abruptly breaking into his subject
by remarking that while he had 'nev-
err discussed the Constitution very
much, he had done good deal Of
| fighting for it," he proceeded to say
that .ahe so-called army Of the United
States is very small one, but the
real army is one of sky millions, and
| If the people are satisfied with that.
nobody has any right to complains:
The regular army Of the United States is
| mere fiction The real army is all able-bodsed
4 citizens capable OF bearing arms. Mohtlizedit
| would amount to four or ave millions Of good
soldiers. Now then, II all the shipping OF
| Europe was allowed to come over here, carry
| under Admiral Luce was TO let them come
| over without interfering with them ia any way,
they could not carry men and war material
enough TO ma one campaign. So that the
| army OF the United States IN that sense is about
the largest army in the world.
But the most remarkable utterance
of General Sheridan, in view OF the
fact that his whole life has been de-
voted to the profession Of arms. and
that his fame and fortune have come
from It. was the one which succeeded,
on the future of war:
/ am rather on the side of Senator Ingalls, in
what he said tonight. He wants TO make a
Is one thing that you should appreciate. and
| that is that the improvement in guns and in the
material OF war in dynamite and other ex-
plosives and In breechloading guns, is rapidly
bringing us TO period when war VIII be elm
mated from history-when we can no longer
| stand up ami fight each other and when we will
have to resort to something else. Now. what
will that something else bcY II will be arbtra.
ton mean what ! say when express the be
lief that those who may live until the next cen
tennial, viii find that arbitration will rule the
whole world.
These are the words of celebrated
soldier who has won his renown not
only by planning campaigns which
gallant troops have executed, but also
by his personal presence in the fore
front of battle. They afford sug
gestve contrast, and contrast o.
which Americans need not be ashamed
to a famous sentiment attributed Il
Germany's greatest soldier. Moltke:
War is an element in the order OF the world
ordained by God. for in 1t the noblest virtues oil
mankind are developed
The views expressed by Genera
Sheridan at Philadelphia as TO the
great changes soon to be wrought b.
the introduction Of deadlier appliance
, of war. are not new with him. They
have been elected on less formal oc
casions. and his annual report OF yea
, before last contains general allusioi
to them in It's suggestion of the vastl.
increased part to be played by enor
J nous masses Of cavalry or other swift
ly moving troops, operating upon til
general food resources and other sup
plies and indus ries of an enemy. in
stead of risking the exterminalin
shock of great armies facing eac
other with the horribly destructive in
I ventions of modern scieace.
, The larger deduction that war itsel
must soon vanish AMI be succeeded b
l better modes Of settling disputes be
tween nations. was peculiarly littin
contribution 10 the centennial celebra
Q ton, and formed one Of the worthiei
l. | nc xyell "a most sipuificant utterance